Bait bucket



Dec. 30, 1941.

G. J. GRANGE, SR

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,268,071 BAIT BUCKET I, George J. Grange, Sn, North Little Rock, Ark. Application November 22, 1940, Serial No. 366,733

1 Claim.

My invention relates. to improvements in bait buckets for carrying live bait and more particularly minnows.

The invention isdesigned with'the, particular purpose in view of providing a simply constructed, inexpensive, flsherman's bait bucket for transporting minnows, particularly, by automobile, between flshing locations, and which is adapted fo easy attachment to the front bumper of the automobile and for aerating water therein under travel of the automobile to thereby maintain the bait alive for a considerable length of time.

To the accomplishment of the above, and the subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, set forth in detail in the succeeding description and defined in the claim appended hereto.

In said drawings:

,Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention attached to the front bumperof an automobile.

Figure 2 is a view intop plan drawn to an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a view in vertical section taken on the line .I-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view'in transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure '3, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view, in vertical section taken on the line H of Figure 1.

said bumper.

A wire retainer 2| is extended under the support I6 with its ends trained upwardly upon opposite sides of said support and secured to eyelets 22 provided in opposite sides of the container I, said retainer detachably securing the container on the support with the air scoop opening forwardly as regards the automobile.

A suitable number of air outlet ports 23 are providedin the cover 6.

As will be obvious, with the container l attached to the bumper I4 in the manner -described, under forward travel of the automobile 15, air is forced into the scoop I3 and from the latter into the water in the container I by way of air inlet pipe 8 and air discharge pipe I0 4, so that the oxygen removed from the water b5 Referring to the drawings by numerals, in

the illustrated embodiment thereof, my invention comprises a its upper edge provided with the usual annular sealing channel 4 therein, and the usual form of carrying bail 5. type cover 8 is provided for closing the top of the container I, said cover having the usual annular sealing bead on the under side thereof frictionally fitting in the channel 4. I

Adjacent one side thereof, the cover 6 is apertured for the extension therethrough of an inlet pipe 8 for air, suitably fixed in said cover to depend into the. container I and terminating in a T-fitting 9 adjacent the bottom of the container. A circular air discharge pipe I0 is suitably secured at its opposite ends in opposite ends of the fitting 8 to extend laterally from the pipe 8 over the bottom of the container parallel therewith and preferably con;- centrically thereof. Circumferentially spaced air discharge ports II are'provided in the top The upper end of the inlet pipe a suitable distance above the part of a funnel-shaped air scoop l3 disposed lengthwise across the cover 5.

A disk preferably cylindrical container l for water having a flat bottom 2, an internal flange 3 around the minnows is replaced by aeration of the water. The ports 23 provide for the escape from the container I and the water of excess air pressure. By detaching the wire retainer 2| from the eyelets 22 the container I may be freed for carrying by hand through the medium of the bail 5. The bail 5 is of the requisite size to span the scoop ii l whil'e' the container I is being carried thereby.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sufflce to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestiy the invention, as described, is susceptible of modification without departing from the scope of the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claim.

What I claim is:

A bait. bucket comprising a container for water. a perforated cover for said container, an air inlet pipe extending downwardly through said cover into said container at one side thereof, a perforated circular air discharge pipe extending laterally'from the lower end of the air inlet pipe over the bottom of the container in centered relation to the latter, an air scoop extending laterally from the upper end of said inlet pipe over said cover and opening toward the opposite side of the container.

GEORGE J. GRANGE, SR.

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